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Most of those who attempt to climb the wall into the US will be arrested and sent back. If they survive, they will keep trying<p>The wall is an army in brown. It is fabricated in sections 10 girders wide, 18ft tall and crowned with a metre-high blade. To watch the slatted world on the other side – …

They know they blew the election. Now they're trying to pinpoint how it happened.<p>They know they screwed up. Pollsters have a few ideas why.<p>It’s possible Donald Trump’s upset victory this week was powered by a surge of late deciders. Or the mysterious group often referred as “shy Trump" voters …

The unrest in Milwaukee cannot be separated from the historic mass incarceration of black residents there and across Wisconsin.<p>Milwaukee remains in a state of civil unrest following the officer-involved killing last weekendof Sylville K. Smith, a 23-year-old black male who police claim was fleeing …

A federal court order handed down this week gives new life to a long-running battle over whether child migrants have a due process right to legal counsel in deportation proceedings.<p>U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Zilly is tentatively proposing to certify a class action lawsuit that would cover all …

The search for a Supreme Court justice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is a historic one. Not because it involves filling a vacancy after the death of a sitting justice — that has happened many times before, including most recently in 2005 with the death of Chief Justice Rehnquist; nor is it …

An exclusive look at how the Bush administration ignored this warning from the CIA months before 9/11, along with others that were far more detailed than previously revealed.<p>“B<i>in Laden Determined to Strike in U.</i><i>S.”</i> The CIA’s famous Presidential Daily Brief, presented to George W. Bush on August 6, …

From Anchorage to Boise, these airports are stocked with the best souvenirs: local beer and booze.<p>You know the feeling: You’re rushing to your gate and realize you forgot to buy a souvenir for the person meeting you at baggage claim. Dread and desperation. All around you are cheap state flag shot …

Read on HuffPost Spain<p>The war in Syria didn't start yesterday. Neither did the mass exodus of refugees fleeing violence, bombs, gunfire and the Islamic State. It shouldn't have been very difficult to guess that the more than two million displaced persons in Lebanon and Turkey weren't going to stay …

Don’t be surprised by political leaders’ indecision over how to help refugees amid the growing crisis in Europe. Even philosophers can’t offer an unanimous answer on the moral response.<p>Here are just a few of the positions–albeit highly simplified—that philosophers have taken on how wealthy …

While Americans have been drinking microbrews for more than two decades, the artisan ale trend has become a worldwide phenomenon in recent years. From centuries-old German cloisters to forward-thinking Spanish breweries, top-shelf craft beers are popping up in the unlikeliest of places -- and …

A particular schism has emerged between Britain and Germany.<p>Germany, and its ally France, are speaking about the crisis in "moral" terms and committing to taking thousands of refugees.<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel has become a figurehead for the crisis in Europe and has championed rehoming quotas …